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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13

20 October 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 915/2014

European Union (EU) * : Impending Expiry of Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Silicon Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 265/2013 of 5 April 2013, the European Commission has published a notice concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of silicon originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The notice can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2014_371_R_0010&from=EN.

DETAILS

2.Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of silicon originating in the Mainland of China was first imposed from 17 December 1997. Subsequent to an expiry review conducted in 2004, the duty was revised and maintained for five years.

3.Consequent to a circumvention investigation, the definitive anti-dumping duty has been extended to imports of the same products consigned from the Republic of Korea, whether declared as originating in the Republic of Korea or not, with effect from 20 January 2007.

4.As a result of another expiry review and an interim review initiated on 4 March 2009, the definitive anti-dumping duty, as extended to imports consigned from the Republic of Korea, has been maintained for another five years with effect from 30 May 2010.

5.Further to another circumvention investigation, the definitive anti-dumping duty has been extended to imports of the same products consigned from Taiwan, whether declared as originating in Taiwan or not, with effect from 6 April 2013.

6.The current rate of definitive anti-dumping duty on silicon originating in the Mainland of China is 19% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for one company whose individual duty rate is 16.3%).

7.Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in section 2 of the notice, the anti-dumping duty will expire at mid-night of 30 May 2015.

ENQUIRIES

8.For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Stella CHAN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

*The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.